Not Your Classic Hollywood Ending
The Game of Thrones finale is as controversial today as it was the night it first aired, in 2019. Now we know why
The Podcast Everyone’s Talking About
Smart takes, a new issue, and the inside story on the making of the U.S. version of The Office. Morning Meeting has it all
The Trumper’s Dilemma
What’s a Trump aide to do after a lost election? A new book reveals the roads taken by Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani—and their disastrous effects
Opera Pick of the Week
With the recital album Baritenor, the singer-scholar Michael Spyres mines music history for sheer delight
The Lost Boys of Fiction
Oh where, oh where have the young male novelists gone?
Highsmith Confidential
Newly released diaries reveal Patricia Highsmith’s affair with a married woman—and an uncharacteristically tender side to the infamous author
Blurred Lines
Kurt Vonnegut’s notes and early drafts provide the missing link between his fictional characters and his own personal life
Body and Soul
Soul music to make you move, from Billy Preston, Prince, George Duke, D’Angelo, and more
The Squid Game Secret
People have chalked up the South Korean TV show’s unprecedented popularity to word of mouth. Here’s the real source of its success
The Boss of Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham has found stardom and an Emmy as the accidental owner of A.F.C. Richmond
Shows and Tales
A new oral history brings back the glory days of the rock concert, starting with rock’s post–World War II R&B roots and going all the way through 1985’s Live Aid
Mann, Uninterrupted
Aimee Mann, who provided the songs for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia and was one of the Big Lebowski nihilists, has a new album
The Last Picture Show
The illustrious illustrator recalls the humble 1950s graphic publication with big dreams he founded on a whim with Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser
Jaden Michael
Colin Kaepernick meets his match in the star who plays him as an aspiring high-school football player grappling with racism in Colin in Black & White
The Podcast You Need
Smart takes, a new issue, and the skinny on Squid Game. Morning Meeting has it all
Victimhood Goes Mad
The tribulations of the brainy and beautiful. Tiny violins, please!
